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Here is a roundup of admissions news from Inside Higher Ed in the last week.

In an essay, Ryan Craig writes that selective colleges should focus less on what applicants have achieved and more on what they’ve overcome to do so.

Columbia University introduces a one-year master's program in data journalism, which will cost students $147,000. Outrage follows.

Struggling to attract students and balance its budgets, Marygrove College in Detroit announces that it will end undergraduate programs.

Among community college graduates who hold no previous degrees or certificates, 41 percent earn a bachelor's degree during the next six years, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.